a weak character is easily led.' Grandmama and Granny Frump Addams described Grandmama in a 1963 character synopsis as 'a disrespectful old hag' and 'foolishly good-natured. Grandmama first appeared along with the then-unnamed Addams family in Charles Addams' original cartoons published in The New Yorker, in which she was regularly illustrated with shoulder-length frizzy hair and a fringed shawl. She is the grandmother of the Addams children, Pugsley and Wednesday, although her relationship to the other family members is less consistent. Grandmama Addams is an aged witch who concocts potions and spells, and dabbles in fortune telling and knife throwing. First appearing in the works of cartoonist Charles Addams, she is a supporting character in the film, television, and stage adaptations. Grandmama is a fictional character in the Addams Family television and film series.